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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: This side of the House would be delighted if he voted in accordance with his Tweets.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I, on behalf of the Labour Party, join other Members in welcoming the Paisleys to the House. It is historic to see them in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. Yesterday, I asked the Leader for a debate on the need for climate change legislation. Today, I renew my call, this time to the Deputy Leader, for such a debate. It is noteworthy the Government side only defeated the amendment I...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, the Deputy Leader said the heads of the Government's climate change Bill will be published by the end of this week and the Bill itself in the next term.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Will he clarify when precisely the heads of the Bill will be published and the Bill be introduced? I commend Friends of the Earth and the Stop Climate Chaos campaign which ran a full day's lobbying yesterday in Buswells Hotel on the need for climate change legislation. My Climate Protection Bill has been languishing on the Order Paper since October 2007. If the Government is finding it...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I have worked for many years with organisations such as Ruhama on the need to protect victims of abuse and trafficking.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It is important the House debates this matter and that all male colleagues take an active role in it. It is men who are the users of prostitutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: We should be working together on this. However, as Senator Keaveney said, we will not be lectured by male Members on this topic.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: When will that recommendation come back to the House?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: That is not what the Senator said yesterday, with respect to the Deputy Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Excuse me. In answer to my question, when exactly will the heads of the Bill be published?

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for accepting amendment No. 2 which arose from Committee Stage deliberations. It had become apparent that section 10, which provides for the property services regulatory authority membership, would have allowed it to be dominated by property service provider professionals. The section's wording was, therefore, flawed. This amendment will mark a great improvement for...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad the Minister will examine this again. The formula used in amendment No. 3 was trying to follow the Minister's wording in section 10(4)(a). That is why I used the wording, "in the opinion of the Minister, [these people would be] representatives of the interests of consumers". I believed this gave the desired degree of flexibility in this regard. I accept there may be all sorts...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 3: In page 22, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: "(b) at least 3 shall be persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, are representatives of the interests of consumers, and".

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I understood it was agreed.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4: In page 32, to delete lines 40 to 49 and substitute the following: "(10) A licensee who fails to comply with a code of practice is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000.". This amendment is somewhat altered in its wording but is based on an amendment to section 19 tabled on Committee Stage which deals with codes...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 5: In page 45, line 37, after "subsection (2)" to insert the following: "or another provision of this Act including a code of practice".

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the passing of the Bill which is long overdue. This is an area in which the interests of consumers have been unprotected for too long and, as the Minister said, the sector has been largely unregulated until now. We, therefore, welcome the Bill and its companion measure, the Multi-Unit Developments Bill which will improve the situation of apartment owners and residents. However,...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Doherty pre-empted my comments, but I support Senator Regan in his opposition to the adjournment of the House until 15 June. Like the Dáil, we should sit next week.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I have heard what you have said, a Chathaoirligh, and I do not want to get involved in the battle of the Whips but I do wish to ask the Leader for a debate on the ordering of Seanad business because, as Senator Alex White said, the issue of confidence is topical today. It is fair to say that we have all lost confidence in the orderly running of Seanad business with the unexpected rising of...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: With respect to the Leader, that is how it was reported.